Consultant - Transport, Aviation

Our Government practice are looking for an experienced Consultant to join our Transport team.

What you will be doing

• Helping regulators and industry unlock the benefits of emerging aviation technologies while maintaining the highest standards of safety and public trust.
• Designing and delivering programmes that enable drones, Advanced Air Mobility, digital airspace services, and other Future of Flight capabilities.
• Shaping regulatory and policy frameworks that support innovation, growth, and safe integration into UK airspace.
• Supporting clients to solve complex strategic, technological, and organisational challenges in rapidly evolving environments.
• Applying data, analytics, AI, and digital technologies to improve decision-making, safety, and operational performance.
• Building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across government, regulators, industry, and technology providers.

Your skills and experience

• Direct experience working with the UK aviation sector (e.g. CAA, DfT, NATS, airports, airlines, aerospace organisations, drone operators, or aviation-focused consultancy).
• Interest in shaping the future of UK aviation through work on drones, eVTOL/AAM, airspace modernisation, digital aviation services, and next-generation aircraft.
• Understanding of the UK aviation ecosystem, including the roles of the CAA, DfT, air navigation service providers, airports, airlines, manufacturers, operators, regulations/standards.
• Knowledge of aviation regulation, safety assurance, certification, or policy development.
• Experience working with operational, technical, regulatory, policy, or commercial stakeholders.
• Experience working on regulatory, policy, innovation, or technology-enabled transformation in a public sector or regulated environment.
• Ability to bridge technical, operational, and policy perspectives to support the safe adoption of emerging aviation technologies.

What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.

• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.

• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.

• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.

• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. 

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. 

Using business as a force for good. 

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.